Does ‘Systemic Racism’ Explain Anything?
In his latest Bastiat’s Window post, Bob Graboyes has some thoughts.
The Real Problem with the Belt and Road Initiative Isn’t Strategic
Rather than being a genius strategic move, the failing BRI presents challenges to the lending system that developing countries use to help pay back their debts.
AOC gets (gently) questioned about her border hypocrisy
The NY Times published a new interview with AOC, which was pretty clearly prompted by a piece written by Freddie deBoer for NY Magazine last month. It was titled “AOC is just a regular old Democrat now.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent appearance on the Pod Save America podcast had, for me, the feeling of a final disappointment, the kind that’s […]
When Irish eyes are spying
I do not know what has happened to the land of the majority of my forebears. To an outsider looking in, it seems the very things they threw rocks, waged guerilla war, and died in the streets against, they have become. Back in May I posted about their new and improved “hate crime” legislation, then […]
No one held accountable for the worst mass shooting in Baltimore history
This summer Baltimore experience the worst mass shooting in the city’s history. It became known as the Brooklyn Day shooting or sometimes the Brooklyn Homes shooting and it happened early in the morning of July 2. Two people were killed and 28 more were injured. Police believe that 15 different people fired weapons. This wasn’t […]
Secretaries of State Should Not Make Themselves the Stars of 2024
And they should thoroughly consider the ramifications of their actions if they are asked to intervene against the will of the voters.
Bureaucrats’ Influence on Sea Power
The Navy has a new boss, Admiral Lisa Franchetti, and with her new posting come formidable challenges.
No matter how much you disdain CNN, it is not enough
CNN wants you to believe that Uganda is threatening to execute two men simply for being gay. It is important to The Narrative that anybody who criticizes anything an alphabet person does is cruelly deranged. That’s why CNN advertised its story using a headline that leaves the impression that it does: Two men in Uganda are facing […]
Is our universe a simulation and, if so, is it breaking down?
When I read an article about an Australian woman found to have a living worm in her brain, I responded by declaring that “the simulation is breaking down.” I was (mostly) joking, but plenty of people far smarter than I have been increasingly speculating that none of our existence may be real. This could all […]
Describe the Threat of Disinformation
See the fundamental evasiveness around this most basic request.